Green v Cured

[gypski]

I wonder when the dominant kind of medicine is going to fully cured as opposed to dry enough (green) to smoke? Sticky is good, but dried stable THC is even better and that is what sticky becomes. Of course, I will use some of my medicine early, but I intend to let the harvest cure to its best state.

How do you like yours? A High Times issue had a debate on this a few years back and 6 months was the optimum period. :smokin:

gypski Reviewed by gypski on 08-08-2010. Green v Cured I wonder when the dominant kind of medicine is going to fully cured as opposed to dry enough (green) to smoke? Sticky is good, but dried stable THC is even better and that is what sticky becomes. Of course, I will use some of my medicine early, but I intend to let the harvest cure to its best state. How do you like yours? A High Times issue had a debate on this a few years back and 6 months was the optimum period. :smokin: Rating: 5

[justpics]

anyone that says 6 months is the "optimal" period is blowing smoke.






its quite strain dependent. I've got some strains that are fine after a week or two in jard (about 3 weeks total dry/cure time)...some others take as long as 2 months in a jar to reach their full potential.

I've never seen a bud go through significant changes after the 8+ week point.


IMO, leaving it in an oxygenated environment for that long would convert more THC to CBN than you would gain through the curing process.

[killerweed420]

My G13 strain seems to get better with age. Some of mine is about a year old and smokes nice. But it's hard to let it sit there that long unsmoked.lol

[jamessr]

Why was weed back in the 60'-70' brown or gold or red? now its all green unless it's imported..was this strain or curing processes that does this?

[gypski]

Why was weed back in the 60'-70' brown or gold or red? now its all green unless it's imported..was this strain or curing processes that does this?

Because it was fully cured that's why the distinctive strain colors show up. Green is not cured. :thumbsup:

[justpics]

That's wrong. Brown bud is caused by anaerobic bacteria that eats the chlorophyll. The curing process will not remove all or even most the green from bud.

The smell of chlorophyll is removed but not all the color.

[gypski]

That's wrong. Brown bud is caused by anaerobic bacteria that eats the chlorophyll. The curing process will not remove all or even most the green from bud.

The smell of chlorophyll is removed but not all the color.

Bullshit.

[jamessr]

That's wrong. Brown bud is caused by anaerobic bacteria that eats the chlorophyll. The curing process will not remove all or even most the green from bud.

The smell of chlorophyll is removed but not all the color.

This article says Anaerobic bacteria turn marijuana into brown slime..not brown cured cannabis. So wtf? explain please with some science to back it up?

Re: Everything about MOLD and marijuana

[justpics]

Bullshit.

according the Jorge Cervantes and Ed Rosenthal, the anaerobic bacteria feeds on chlorophyll, turning the marijuana brown and releasing the smell of ammonia.


this is why brown mexi often smells of windex.


your bud should not be totally brown, and even completely cured but should still have a green coloring to it unless it started out without any to begin with.

This article says Anaerobic bacteria turn marijuana into brown slime..not brown cured cannabis. So wtf? explain please with some science to back it up?

Re: Everything about MOLD and marijuana

post a pic of "brown cured cannabis"...the only brown bud i've seen I would not smoke or recommend anyone smoke.

according to Jorge Cervantes the brown mexi is caused by anaerobic bacteria, and that's why it smells like windex, the bacteria eats the chlorophyll and releases ammonia.

eventually I think it would become slime, ya, which is why I won't smoke it.

[justpics]

here's the actual quote from Ed Rosenthal, "The odor is caused by anaerobic bacteria, which are active in the absence of oxygen. Ammonia is one of their waste products. Anaerobic decomposition quickly destroys chlorophyll, leaving buds tan or brown colored."



Jorge's quote is explaining why mexi-brick is brown and is in his book, but its 300 pages and im not scanning every page to quote mine.



In my experience, when buds are starting out green, a nice cure will lighten that color, producing a light green, that sits behind the white/grey created by the trichomes, with hints of a golden tan/orange highlighted by the pistils/stem/parts of calyx.